HELP!!! Stuck DVD

jascor · jascor #1 (**permalink**)

09-03-2004, 09:41 PM

Hi I'm new to the forum and fairly new to macs. My PB has suddenly refused to acknowledge a DVD and as a result I can't eject the disk. Any suggestions?

witeshark · witeshark #2 (**permalink**)

09-03-2004, 09:46 PM

You opened finder and click on the eject icon next to the DVD name?

jascor · jascor #3 (**permalink**)

09-03-2004, 09:51 PM

That's the problem the DVD doesn't even show up in finder.

witeshark · witeshark #4 (**permalink**)

09-03-2004, 10:02 PM

Try going in terminal and use the umount -f command

jascor · jascor #5 (**permalink**)

09-03-2004, 10:11 PM

THAT I HAVEN'T TRIED!!!
Is "unmount -f" the exact command?

witeshark · witeshark #6 (**permalink**)

09-03-2004, 10:21 PM

Yeah it worked for a friend of mine

aantoine90 · aantoine90 #7 (**permalink**)

09-03-2004, 11:57 PM

also try restarting the computer and hold down the mouse button when it is booting up

aantoine90 · aantoine90 #8 (**permalink**)

09-04-2004, 01:51 AM

have u figured out a way to solve your problem?

jascor · jascor #9 (**permalink**)

09-05-2004, 01:01 PM

Thank's for the ideas everyone. Unfortunately still no luck I have gotten a little closer however. At least the computer is acknowledging the disk now. I'm not exactlty sure how this happened I took it to Comp USA to see if they could help (you guys were way more helpful. All they could suggest was leaving it there for four to six weeks) when I got back home the disk was on the desktop. It still won't eject but at least I'm a little bit closer

witeshark · witeshark #10 (**permalink**)

09-05-2004, 01:38 PM

Maybe close everything and log on as root and in terminal try umount -A

IanCT · IanCT #11 (**permalink**)

09-07-2004, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jascor

Thank's for the ideas everyone. Unfortunately still no luck I have gotten a little closer however. At least the computer is acknowledging the disk now. I'm not exactlty sure how this happened I took it to Comp USA to see if they could help (you guys were way more helpful. All they could suggest was leaving it there for four to six weeks) when I got back home the disk was on the desktop. It still won't eject but at least I'm a little bit closer

Shift - Command - O - F when you reboot the computer. It will put you into Open Firmware. Type eject-cd (or cd-eject, I forget) and it will pop out. Then type mac-boot to continue the boot process.

Had to do this when Toast made coaster (someone gave me a low quality CDR to make them a data disc) and used this option to get it out.

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jascor #1 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	09-03-2004, 09:41 PM Hi I'm new to the forum and fairly new to macs. My PB has suddenly refused to acknowledge a DVD and as a result I can't eject the disk. Any suggestions?
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witeshark #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 09, 2004 Location: Miami FL Posts: 2,860 Mac Specs: G4 1Ghz OS X 10.4.7	09-03-2004, 09:46 PM You opened finder and click on the eject icon next to the DVD name?
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witeshark #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 09, 2004 Location: Miami FL Posts: 2,860 Mac Specs: G4 1Ghz OS X 10.4.7	09-03-2004, 10:02 PM Try going in terminal and use the umount -f command
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jascor #5 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	09-03-2004, 10:11 PM THAT I HAVEN'T TRIED!!! Is "unmount -f" the exact command?
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witeshark #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 09, 2004 Location: Miami FL Posts: 2,860 Mac Specs: G4 1Ghz OS X 10.4.7	09-03-2004, 10:21 PM Yeah it worked for a friend of mine
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aantoine90 #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 01, 2004 Posts: 181 Mac Specs: PowerBook G4 12 inch 1.33 GHz 512MB RAM	09-03-2004, 11:57 PM also try restarting the computer and hold down the mouse button when it is booting up
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aantoine90 #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 01, 2004 Posts: 181 Mac Specs: PowerBook G4 12 inch 1.33 GHz 512MB RAM	09-04-2004, 01:51 AM have u figured out a way to solve your problem?
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jascor #9 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	09-05-2004, 01:01 PM Thank's for the ideas everyone. Unfortunately still no luck I have gotten a little closer however. At least the computer is acknowledging the disk now. I'm not exactlty sure how this happened I took it to Comp USA to see if they could help (you guys were way more helpful. All they could suggest was leaving it there for four to six weeks) when I got back home the disk was on the desktop. It still won't eject but at least I'm a little bit closer
	QUOTE Thanks

witeshark #10 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 09, 2004 Location: Miami FL Posts: 2,860 Mac Specs: G4 1Ghz OS X 10.4.7	09-05-2004, 01:38 PM Maybe close everything and log on as root and in terminal try umount -A
	QUOTE Thanks

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